Mandrake 9.2 and LG CD-ROM destruction!

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LTR12101B

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http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3

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A problem has been discovered with certain LG-based CD-ROM drives and Mandrake Linux 9.2. The kernel that comes shipped with Mandrake Linux 9.2 and early updates would send a FLUSH_CACHE command to the drive which would make drive inoperable by overwriting its firmware. Unfortunately, many Dell computers (possibly others) come with these CD-ROM drives. Currently, it is not believed to affect DVD-ROM/R/RW drives and some CD-RW drives; but this all depends entirely upon the firmware on the device.

The addected drives were popular in DELL and some IBM and Compaq systems
Problem Drives
GRC-8521B
CRD-8522B
CRD-8521B
CRD-8520B
CRD-8483B
CRD-8480C
CRD-8480B
CRD-8400C
CRD-8400B
CRD-8322B
CRD-8320B
CRD-8240B
CRD-8241B
CRD-8160B
CRD-8161B
CRN-8240E
GCD-R580B
GCD-R560B
GCD-R542B
GCD-R540C
GCD-R540B
GCD-R520B
GCD-R420B
GCD-R400B
GCD-R320B
GCD-R300B 4
GCD-R200B
 
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scarecrow

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Some old Sony CD-ROM's fried too. The included kernel in 9.2 "final" was a disaster under many aspects, and it's already replaced (via normal updates) by a new one, which is not perfect, but at least does not love to cook CD-ROM's...
Some other disasters in 9.2 have been fixed, some others still waiting... at least mandrakesoft is hardly trying to add some salt to your dull life, you have to admit that! :D
BTW I'm typing now from an fully upgraded Mandrake 9.2, and all my CD-ROM's still seem to be working... fingers crossed!
 
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N.B.

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Hmm, thanks for the info ..
Quite interessting .. how did they manage stuff like this ? :D
Never seen that before ...

Using RedHat/Debian/GenToo/...
 
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scarecrow

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I'm also using Debian Sarge for hardcore jobs, but Mandrake 9.X is my main OS... How they did it? well, they are very capapble coders, i can assure you! :p
 
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